well, you could just get a "P-mount" cartridge/table and be done with it all. B4 you say "yeah, but there ain't no good P-mounts", I did have a P mount Technics M2 , a close cousin of the SP-10 ..AND (at a different time) had a V15P. The rare P version of the V15T3. It came with the CD4 adapter and was used as a CD4.
(and thus completely negating the advantages of P mount)
Lots of good points there , Nick.Thanx
I have my Denon DP-60L on a slab of marble now. Oh yes, all 3 of my CD players have been replaced by Panasonic DVD players that have the 24/192 DAC's. Really perks up red book.